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Why do we need a public library? by Various ( - 0).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/why-do-we-need-a-public-library-by-various/
Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirror site in Canada to ensure IA's availability to all users. The IA is a vast library with millions of public domain books, audio, film, radio, and other media. They also maintain an open library of copyrighted books one can 'check out' with a virtual library card by becoming a member. This collection is devoted to the concept of why we need a public library, the title taken from an essay by Chalmers Hadley, which will be the first entry in this audio book. The rest of the collection is pulled from Project Gutenberg's Library selections. Some are solo essays, most are chapters from selected books on library science and culture. I'm also open to including up to 5 chapters or short works from the list of banned books on PG's site to emphasize the need for a public library.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Library
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Banned_Books_from_Anne_Haight%27s_list_(Bookshelf)

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Readers: please read from these texts. I've added a few to the Magic Window, but you may choose your own chapters or essays from the rest. As to banned books, please stick to works that aren't as incendiary as they used to be, such as a short story from Kate Chopin's The Awakening (not the title work itself).

Library Essays

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31760
Why do we need a public library? by Chalmers Hadley

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26378
The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19415
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods by John Willis Clark
Clark, John Willis, 1833-1910

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13430
A Librarian's Open Shelf: Essays on Various Subjects by Arthur E. Bostwick
1910 speech: The Companionship of Books

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33494
The Library and Society: Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur E. Bostwick
Bostwick, Arthur E. (Arthur Elmore), 1860-1942

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39087
On the Supply of Printed Books from the Library to the Reading Room
Panizzi, Anthony, Sir, 1797-1879

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/915
Library Work with Children by Alice Isabel Hazeltine
Hazeltine, Alice Isabel, 1878-1959

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15199
The Reformed Librarie-Keeper (1650) by John Dury
Dury, John, 1596-1680

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47134
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth General Meeting of the American Library Assoc. (1913)
President's address: The world of books and the world's work Henry E. Legler 73
"As others see us" 83
Secretary's report George B. Utley
The immigrant in the library Mary Antin 145
Immigrants as contributors to library progress Adelaide B. Maltby 150
Henry Eduard Legler (June 22, 1861 – September 13, 1917)
George Burwell Utley (December 3, 1876 – October 4, 1946)
Mary Antin Born: June 13, 1881, Died: May 15, 1949
Adelaide B. Maltby (1875-1919)

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30419
How to Form a Library, 2nd ed by Henry B. Wheatley
Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1615
Old English Libraries by Ernest Albert Savage
Savage, Ernest Albert, 1877-1966

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15327
A Library Primer by John Cotton Dana
Dana, John Cotton, 1856-1929

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22608
A Book for All Readers by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Spofford, Ainsworth Rand, 1825-1908

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21630
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by F. Somner Merryweather
Merryweather, F. Somner (Frederick Somner), 1827-1900

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27954
Handbook of The New York Public Library by New York Public Library 1916

Banned Books

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Ch 11 Who stole the tarts?
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11
"Formerly banned in the province of Hunan, China, beginning in 1931,[3] for its portrayal of anthropomorphized animals acting on the same level of complexity as human beings. "(Wikipedia)

Madame Bovary (in French), Ch 1 (banned for "obscenity")
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14155

Thomas Paine's The Rights of Man, Answer to Mr. Burke (a long essay)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3742

Locke, John An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689);
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10615

Kant, Immanuel Critique of Pure Reason
Introduction. Idea of a Transcendental Logic. I. Of Logic in General
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4280

Darwin, Erasmus Zoonomia Section XIV. Of The Production Of Ideas.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15707

(These were all banned by Catholic Church up to the late 1950's)

Confucius: The Analects
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3330
(Banned in China)

Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty The Awakening
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/160

Schnitzler, Arthur The Dead Are Silent
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23061

(General bans on adult themes)

I've filled up the project with these essays from:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33494
The Library and Society: Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Arthur E. Bostwick

The Function of a Town Library. (“Protection of Majorities,”) 1875 55 Josiah P. Quincy.
The Free Public Library. (Extract from “Men and Women,” 1888.) 63 Thomas W. Higginson.
Some Popular Objections to Public Libraries. (Library Journal, 1876, p. 45.) 287 William Frederick Poole.
How to Use a Library: Addresses at Pittsfield, Mass. (Library Journal, 1884, p. 25.) 297 James Mascarene Hubbard.
The Library and the Social Centre. (Wisconsin Library Bulletin, 1911, p. 84.) 439 Lutie Eugenia Stearns.
Where Neighbors Meet. (From St. Louis Public Library report, 1916-17.) 443 Margery Closey Quigley.
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I will set this up - having checked that the title essay at least is PD - you'll need to be sure all the rest is

Back with an MW soon

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OK - MW set up. It's late at night so sorry if it's obvious - but are you selecting chapters from the list of books or are the readers ?

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Although I've found some good ones in the American Library Association papers, I'm open to suggestions from readers as to the other books. There are two additional collections of ALA papers on PG.
I've added birth/death dates to the list above.
Thanks, Anne (it's early morning in Florida too ;) ) .
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Added a DPL wanted notice in Listeners and Editors.
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oooh this looks like a great project. who doesn't love libraries? and the Internet Archive?

I am interested in reading a few pieces that stood out from The Library and Society collection edited by Arthur E. Bostwick:

The Two Fundamentals
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33494/33494-h/33494-h.htm#Page_67

Relation of the State to the Public Library
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33494/33494-h/33494-h.htm#Page_185

Cooperation between Library and Community
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33494/33494-h/33494-h.htm#Page_257

they look to have all different authors, so I'm not sure how exactly they should be arranged. but if you think they'll fit well enough in the collection, please sign me up to read them!
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Thanks, Plaidsicle, MW updated. :)
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Due to travel and family obligations, I will not have time to record any new projects until mid- to late January. However, if that will be soon enough, I would love to read "The Immigrant in the Library" (section 3). Please let me know either way, thanks :)
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I'll add your name to that section in the meantime; thanks. :)
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Thank you :) I'm excited about this one! Lovely text.
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I'd like to DPL, please :)
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Thanks, and good luck.
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MW updated; thanks!
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